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Well, Tom left a few things out... Like the blackberry vines that will shred your skin, the grapevines that will 'clothesline' you, the old deserted beaver bogs that will swallow you whole, the webs of little dead branches in the black spruce thickets that try to poke your eyes out and fall down inside the back of your shirt, the surprise snow squalls that create 'white-out' conditions... the list goes on and on - so a short, light gun is the right gun for grouse hunting.
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03-07-2016, 01:21 PM | #14 | ||||||
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I don't remember ever thinking I was going to die, while pheasant hunting. On the other hand, I have vivid memories of thinking I was going to die while grouse hunting, and wondering whether I would ever be found by my companions. I would still rather be "out there" than anywhere else.
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03-07-2016, 03:05 PM | #15 | ||||||
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Believe me I have hunted it all. By far the worst cover to be in is a huge multiflora rose patch. You have not grouse hunted real tough cover until you try a rose thicket. The only thing that comes close is the greenbrier of West Virginia. Steep sidehill? Why do you think my one leg is shorter than the other.
I can one hand my repro 20 easily but then it has a pistol grip, not a straight grip. Another difference of opinion. I guess it depends on whether you want to worry about carrying a gun or shooting it often enough to shoot well with it. I'll take the latter. |
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03-10-2016, 09:59 AM | #17 | ||||||
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Grouse hunting is not for the faint of heart. Scott and anyone else here is welcome to come enjoy October with me in the Upper peninsula of Michigan chasing the King of the Uplands. This is fairly open cover but you can hardly see Daisy. If I remember correctly the bird got away...as usual.
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03-10-2016, 02:22 PM | #18 | ||||||
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For those of you that are not fully aware of ruffed grouse biology, here is a little known but often demonstrated fact. When a grouse flushes their eyes become disconnected so that one eye looks forward and the other looks backward. The rear focused eye is what enables them to put the only tree or bush on the landscape between you and them.
I certainly hope you know I'm joking but if you have hunted them I am sure you have had similar thoughts. |
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I am always struck by the kindness amongst folks that love good double guns and good bird dogs, what a kind gesture Rich.
Leaves are not even on the trees yet and somehow the colors of fall beckon. Signs of Spring sure beats a stick in the eye though |
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03-10-2016, 02:43 PM | #20 | |||||||
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